Hi All, If you change the frequency of the interface it should work root@moon-ubuntu:~# ifconfig wlan0 down root@moon-ubuntu:~# iw dev wlan0 set freq 5180 HT20 root@moon-ubuntu:~# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on root@moon-ubuntu:~# ifconfig wlan0 up Now I modified the hostapd.conf hw_mode=a channel=36 It worked for me. -Anand Moon -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) jA0EAwMCYq3dHqTzwcVgyRxC1j+ oLxS8Yw92EIeKln+x3eAWzd7mM/ pUluRo =0RYk -----END PGP MESSAGE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html